‘Sometimes she publishes notes she’s scribbled on her hand’: Édouard Louis on 10 reasons to love Anne Carson
The French author discovered Carson on a bus while stranded in a snowstorm and has been enthralled by her fearless imagination ever sinceWhere to start with Anne Carson‘Delights await!’: Margaret Atwood and other writers on Nobel winner Anne Carson1.…
Digested week: Don’t worry about the plague, go and read some Anne Carson | Emma Brockes
The world may be going to hell in a handcart, but at least now I get to say I know a Nobel prize winner“Anyone worried about pneumonic plague?” This is a friend – a medic – texting me after reading reports at the weekend of the 28-year-old Russian woman…
Winning the Nobel prize in literature only underlines Anne Carson’s infinite genius | Yiyun Li
When her sons died the Book of Goose author turned to Grief Lessons, Carson’s translation of four plays by Euripides. She reflects on the ‘life sustaining’ work of an extraordinary writer • Where to start with: Anne Carson• ‘Delights await!’: Margaret…
Anne Carson wins Nobel prize in literature 2026
Most prestigious literature prize goes to Canadian known for genre-crossing works such as Autobiography of Red‘Delights await!’: Margaret Atwood and other writers on Nobel winner Anne CarsonWhere to start with: Anne CarsonThe Nobel prize in literature…
Anne Carson and Can Xue favourites to win Nobel prize in literature
The Canadian poet and Chinese experimental writer are the bookmakers’ favourites to win, with Haruki Murakami, Gerald Murnane and Margaret Atwood also in the mixCanadian poet Anne Carson and Chinese experimental writer Can Xue are the bookies’ favourites…
Beth Taylor: The Deeps Have Music album review – seamless legato and a gift for storytelling
Taylor/Brown(Linn)The Scottish mezzo-soprano makes this programme of sea-themed songs gleam and shimmer. Her account of Elgar’s Sea Pictures holds its own against classic accounts by Janet Baker and Sarah ConnollyScottish mezzo-soprano Beth Taylor was a…
The Guardian view on the 2026 Booker shortlist: what it takes to be a man | Editorial
All the contenders for this year’s prize are a reflection of the crisis in masculinityJarvis Cocker, one of the judges for this year’s Booker prize, has expressed surprise that the shortlist, announced this week, contains four male authors and only…